DON'T KNOW GROUP

THE DON'T KNOW GROUP is supporting the don't know response, for instance in polls. People find themselves in situations where no approriate answers seem at hand, but feel like responding *something* of informational value. So we often, hypocritically, just make up something for the heck of it. But why prefer a don't know response to ignorance, why not just ignore? I don't know, sometimes you want to answer. Also, expressing your ignorance might be useful and illuminating to the question - maybe it's a silly one, or the questioner should know better, or rhetorical, pretending you don't know might reveal better understanding further on, or even provocative don't knows, ask thyself, do some reasonings, don't listen to me.